HUFFINGTON POST: … Under the law passed in Texas, Holder said that “many of those without IDs would have to travel great distances to get them – and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them.”
“We call those poll taxes,” Holder added spontaneously, drawing applause as he moved away from the original text of his speech with a reference to a fee used in some Southern states after slavery’s abolition to disenfranchise black people.
The 24th amendment to the constitution made that type of tax illegal… (more)
EDITOR: Hopefully prior to the November election, a federal court will toss out the similar voter identification statute recently passed in Pennsylvania.
